It was perhaps Faulkner's need to complicate the unbearable facts of life, as Eudora Welty suggests, which made him uneasy with the short story form, and inspired him to transform so many of his shorter pieces into the novels or into short story composites like Go Down, Moses. Although he...
A mother wed seven times, living here, there; Father who had started another life and only really wanted to be part of his when he became “successful.” He and his sisters had fended for themselves, placing their heads, those formative years, in a bedroom usually shared on pillows billow...
Clown: Directed by Dani Shear. With Nathan Barnatt, Kue Lawrence, Pauline Luddie Brown, Dushaun Thompson. Larry Lowenstein has always been passionate about clowning. He sees himself as a true artiste and a new breed of clown. But Larry's thankless clowni
The best William Faulkner short stories have enigmatic characters, haunting settings, and moral dilemmas that unravel the complexities of the human psyche. Through his storytelling, Faulkner paints a picture of the American South with all its beauty and flaws. Each story, whether...
Questionable: Directed by Joseph Jeavons. With Joseph Jeavons, Morgan Moses, Duy Hong Pham, Jake Watson. Two criminals accidentally schedule the same heist on the same day. They must work together in order to outwit the unorthodox hero, Questionable Man.
This animated retelling of the biblical story of Moses features Short as one of the voices behind the Egyptian high priests, Hotep and Huy. Alongside Steve Martin, the duo performs an entertaining musical number and adds an element of humor to the otherwise dramatic tale. The film i...
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Samuel Selvon was a Caribbean novelist and short-story writer of East Indian descent, known for his vivid evocation of the life of East Indians living in the West Indies and elsewhere. He came to public attention during the 1950s with a number of other C
Writing short stories is an invaluable way to grow your writing craft. Learn how to write a short story with this article.
I anticipated an incredible story. “Robé un Banco.”‘I robbed a Bank,’ he said. “What?” I replied. “I went to this bank—I think it’s called Bank of the Sierra—and I gave a note to one of the tellers. But she couldn’t understand it because I wrote it in Spanish, ...